the targets are (debatably) the weakest part of Berlin, with their short loops, obvious kill methods, and fairly generic characterization (i mean they stand out from the rest of the rich, powerful, and evil ceos and maniacs you kill from the rest of the trilogy, but since they don't have unique voices they don't stand out). they can be manipulated easily by shooting at them to run to you which is nice, and a few of them have cool scripted opportunities (takeout food, dj tree fire, and the shootout) it's their base loops that I think most people dislike. but thats what makes Berlin good, you get to design a route around 5 targets with simple routes, and more focus is placed on which 5 you choose and how you get between them, rather than the kills themselves, since most are isolated or easily killed with convenient accidents. its suprising you don't like the layout of Berlin, it's not the most interconnected map in the series, with alot of staircases being the primary way to get around, but since you get to decide which "biome" of targets you want to go for at the start, you don't waste much time going between the biomes. it's either: 1. water tower sniper route (roof guy, the sniper, crane guy, juice bar guy, and the entrance floor guy) 2. killing a mix of targets in the biker hangout and in the outside chill out area (food delivery guy, biker camera guy, sniper, juice bar guy, and roof guy) 3. killing a mix of targets inside the club and outside the club (Montgomery, catwalk dj guy, dancefloor guy, entrance guy + your pick for whoever else) 4. the meeting as the club owner 5. a really sporadic and uncoordinated/unplanned route where you're picking them off at random, with no real route between them 6. some crazy challenge run where you kill them all, or knock them all out to kill them all in all of these routes (besides the uncoordinated one) it's really clear which areas you have to visit and which you get to ignore, as well as where you're going to exit. radio tower sniper route? by bike. biker hangout and outside the club? either delivery scooter or the motorcycle. inside the club? depends on whichever fifth target you choose to kill outside the club, but usually you'll exit through basement. in all these scenarios, you're not moving through the boring staircase parts of the map, since once you kill the guys in the biome, you're good to go. traversal is one of the best parts of Berlin, since if you have a good enough route, you get to ignore basically the other 2/3rds of the map, and don't waste time going between them.

Everything I said in my first impressions video still holds true. It's just not interesting.